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Patented July 14, 1936 BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE Olof Tevander, Chicago, 111., assignor to Standand Can and Seal ilorporation, Chicago, 111., a

corporation of Virginia Original amin -anon August 4, 1933, Serial No. 683,649. Divided and this application May 5,

1936, Serial No. 78,015

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a'machine involving the combination of means to move bottles, each bottle adapted to have a contractible skirted caplocated thereon, said caps adapted to be sealed on the bottle; a source of supply of strand material; simultaneously operating mechanisms for sealing said caps to the bottles, each of said mechanisms including a strand feeding device,

mechanism to seal the cap to the bottle by said strand material, said mechanism being inefiective in the absence of a bottle from the corresponding bottle positioning mechanism; and

means for causing relative movement. between tract the cap skirt about the neck of the bottle,

20 and mechanism for sealing the cap skirt in contracted condition on the bottle,,.said positioner and mechanisms being relatively movable into cooperative relation, the mechanism arranged so that the band material will not be withdrawn 25 from the source of supply nor the sealing efiected' unless a bottle is present on the particular positioner in question.

I have illustrated various embodiments of the machine and mechanisms involving the aforesaid invention and in this connection, the general featuresof one form of. hood sealing mechanism hereinafter more fully explained is first illustrated in Figures 1 to 26, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of one form of the hood sealing-mechanism of this machine, parts being shown in section;

Fig.2 is a view of a part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1 in the direction of arrow 2;

Fig. 3 is a view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

40 Fig. 4 is a view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1;

,Fig. 5 is a view on line 5-5 oi Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is'a view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 and Fig. 7a, taken together, illustrate a; f

4 view in elevation with parts shown in section and Fig. 11 is a sectional view on line il-l i of V Fig. 1 with parts in changed positions;

Fig. 12 is a view on line I 2-12 of Fig. 1 with parts in changed positions;

Fig. 13 is a view on line l3-l3 of Fig. 12;

parts in full elevation, the bottom of Fig. 7

Fig. 14 is a view on line ld-M of Fig. 13, with parts omitted and some parts shown in full;

Fig. 15 is a view looking in the direction of arrow I5, Fig. 13;

Fig. 16 is an enlargement of a part of. Fig. 13; 5

Fig. 17 is a sectional view on line l'l-l'i of Fig. 16;

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 12 with parts omitted, broken away and in changed positions;

Fig. 19 is a view on line Iii-I9 of Fig. 12; Fig. 20 is a sectional view on line 20-20 of F 18; i

Fig. 21 is a view in elevation in the direction of arrow 21,.Flg. 6;

Fig. 22 is a sectional view on line 22-22 of 15 Fig. 21;

Fig. 23 is a sectional view on line 23-23 of Fi 21;

Fig. 24 is a view in elevation of the upper portion of the bottle illustrating a cap applied to a 20 I bottle mouth by a. string fastened by the machine of my invention;

Fig. 25 is asectional view on line 25-25 of Fig. 24;

Fig. 26 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in 25 section, of an embodiment of. my invention showing the fastening of a metallic strand by means such as solder;

Fig. 27 is a view on line 21-21 of Fig. 26; Fig. 28 is a view on line 28-28 of Fig. 26; Fig. 29 is a view on line 28-29 of Fig. 26; Fig. 30 is a view in elevation of a part of the mechanism which is shown in Fig. 29;

Fig. 31 illustrates a view in elevation with parts shown in section; Fig. 32 is a sectional view on line 32-32 of Fig. 31; 4

Fig. 33 is a sectional view on line 33-33 of Fig. 31 the bottle and the cap skirt being shown in section ior clearness in illustration;

Fig. 34 is a view on the line 34-38 of Fig. 35; Fig. 35 is a view on the line 35-35 of Fig. 29 with parts omitted;

Fig. 36 is a view on line 36-36 of Fig. 33; Fig. 37 is a view oi. a part of the mechanism looking in a direction of arrow 31 of Fig. 34; Fig. 38 is a sectional view of a part of the bottle illustrating the union between the lappin ends of the string;

Fig. 39 is a sectional view on line 39-39 of Fig. 30;

Fig. 40 is a sectional view on line 40-40 of Fig. 30 and looking in the direction of arrow 40 of Fig. 39;

Fig. 41 is a view similar to Fig. 40 showing parts in changed positions;

' Fig. 42 is a sectional view on line 42-42 of Fig. 33 with parts in changed positions;

Fig. 431s a view in elevation of the upper portion of a bottle with a closure cap as applied thereto by the machine.

Driving mechanism The bottles I are suitably supplied to a stationary'deck 2 carried upon posts 3 which are wheel 8 which serve to continue the travel ofthe bottles as they leave the chute and to direct the same individually onto the vertically adjustable sections or bottle positioners, 9 of a disc-like rotary carrier or table Ill, these table sections being the preferred form of bottle positioners.

Any suitable mechanism may be employed for operating the various operating elements that are located above the deck 2. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, an electric motor H may be employed for operating a main drive shaft I2. Power is transmitted to this drive shaft at adjustable speed through the intermediation of any suitable speed changing gearing l3. The shaft l2 has a worm l4'- thereon which is in mesh with a worm wheel IS. The worm wheel is fixed'upon a shaft IS on which there are also fixed the spur gear I! and the table Ill. The shaft I6 is journalled at its upper end in a sleeve bearing l6 carried by the spider it which is mounted upon the upper ends of the rods it that are secured at their lower ends upon the .base. 4. This spur gear is in mesh with another spur gear it that is fixed upon a shaft l9 upon which shaft is also fixed the star wheel 8.

The bottle supporting table II) is constantly turned and while turning, the sections 9 thereof are gradually elevated from the plane, proper, of

end of the spring barrel and is normally held in fixed relation therewith by means of a spring 24 which abuts at its lower end upon the piston and at its upper end against the top end wall of the spring barrel. A link 25 connectseach piston 23 with one end of a bell crank 26 .upon whose elbow the corresponding cam roller is journaled. The other end of this .bell crank is pivoted upon arm 21 depending from a bearing support 28 which is fixed upon the shaft l6 and is located below the table It.

As the shaft turns, the cam rollers move bodily therewith over the cam track-20 to elevate and lower the table sections 9 to enable these table sections to function. As the shaft l6 and the parts thereon turn, the spring barrels 22 rise and fall due to the normally fixed relation of the piston 23 therewith. These spring barrels are guided in their movement by bearings 29 in the bearing support 28. If, in the final capping operation, the bottlesshould encounter undue strain, the springs 24 will yield to prevent the bottles from breaking, the pistons 23then rising in the spring barrels.

A support 30 is in normally fixed relation with the shaft 16. tionwith the shaft I6 as indicated at 3| whereby it may be permitted movement lengthwise of the shaft. A bevel gear 32 has a nut formation 32' screwed upon the shaft l6 and has tongue and groove connection with the support 30 so that this support may be elevated and lowered along the shaft. A bracket 33 is carried by the support 30 .and carries one bearing for the shaft 34 of the bevel pinion 35, the other bearing 36 for this shaft being provided in the support 30. The outer end of, the shaft 34 is squared, Fig. 1, so that the bevel pinion 35 may be turned by hand to turn the bevel gear 32 that meshes therewith to turn nut 32' to elevate or lower the support 39. By this means, the chucks 31 which are carried by the support 30 through the intermediation of mechanism to be described, and which are provided to receive the tops of the bottles, may be elevated or lowered to suit the heights of the bottles being operated upon by the machine. Each table section 9 has a. chuck 31 individual thereto and in vertical alignment therewith, each such table section and the chuck corresponding thereto cooperating to hold a bottle therebetween. A tapering guide 39 is interposed between each table section 9 and the chuck 31 individual to this table section, the guides being carried by brackets 39 that are carried by the support 30. The guides 38 serve to direct the upper ends of the bottles into the chucks 31 and also to gather the skirts of the caps about the bottle necks preparatory to the application of the tightening rings or bands about such cap skirts, in case these skirts flare too This support has splined connecits mouth end brought snugly into the chuck 31 set nut 45 which passes through a sleeve 46. This sleeve 46is an integral part of a bracket 41 which is bolted upon'the top side ofthe support 30. When a plunger 40 is raised by the bottle beneath it, the upper end of the plunger stem 4| lifts the floating disc 48 that/is co-axial with the plunger and the plunger stem. The disc 48 carries three upright pins 49 that slide within guiding holes formed in the inturned upper end of the extension 50 of sleeve 42. The upper ends of said pins thereupon lift the collar 5| which is loose upon the shaft 52 which is co-axial with and fixed with respect to the sleeve 42, this'shaft being directly fixed upon the upper end of the sleeve extension 50, The groove of the collar 5| receives 75 pins 53 provided upon the yoke lever 54 which is intermediately pivoted upon the shaft 55 that is -J'ournaled at the top end of the bracket 41. There is such a lever 54 at each bottle position, each lever constituting a part of a string or wire winding mechanism, there being as many such winding mechanisms as'there are bottle positions. The base end of each yoke lever 54 carries an abutment 56 which is pressed upon by an upwardly spring pressed upright pin plunger 51. The spring 58 which presses upwardly upon the pin is bottomed at its lower end upon the sleeve 59 which is slidable upon the pin 51 and presses at its upper end, upon the yoke 69 which is secured to the pin 51 and to the upright rod Bl which is slidable within bearing sleeves 62 and 63 carried by the bracket 41. When the plunger stem M is raised,

the lever yoke 55 is turned clockwise to depress the pin 51 against the force of the spring 58.

When thus depressed, the rod BI is depressed. The adjustable nut 65 upon the rod Bl thereupon presses, at its lower end, upon one end of the bell crank 65 which is pivoted at its elbow upon the bracket 4?. The other end of the bell crank is thereupon withdrawn from engagement with the detaining lug 56 which is provided upon the upper end of the'sleeve 59. The bell crank lever 55, which thus functions as a detent normally to hold the sleeve 59 in its upper position, is withdrawn from its detaining position by the downward movement of the rod 6! to permit the spring 58 to depress the sleeve 59. This adjustment of the bell crank lever is effected against the force of the restoring spring 61 which is anchored at one end to the bracket M. r

A yoke 68 is carried by the sleeve 59 and itself carries pins 69 that are received within an annular groove formed in the clutch collar ill that is splined upon the sleeve 42. Clutch collar is formed with clutching formations upon each end thereof which are respectively complemental to the clutching formations upon the stationary clutch member H (constituting an extension of the bearing 63) and the rotatable clutch member 12. When the clutch collar. or member 191s in clutching engagement with stationary clutch member ll, said clutch collar is held from rotation so that the sleeve 42 is not then rotatable. The engagement of the members 19 and H is effected during the'movement of the table section 9 from the time this table section has received a bottle and until such table section is about to be raised by the cam track 29. To this end, the sleeve 59 carries a cam member 59 which ridesupon the roller 59 carried bythe bracket 59 which, in turn, is carried upon the normally stationary gear carrier 59*. This gear carrier is supported upon the non-rotating sleeve 59 towhich it is keyed, a thrust ball bearing structure 59 intervening between the lower end of the sleeve and the support-39. r A ring 59' is screwed upon the lower end of the sleeve and a collar 59 is secured upon the support and overlies the ring to keep the sleeve 59 from rising. This'sleeve is held from rotating by means of a pin 59 depending from the bearing I6 and which passes through and is in sliding relation with an arm 59 provided upon the sleeve 59 .Themembers Ill and 12 are thus positively separated at the initiation of a cycle and are permitted to be engaged when the corresponding table clutch member 10 will be held elevated by the detent lever so that the cycle of operations,

When 'theclutch collar or said clutch member 12 to turn the sleeve 42. f

The .cluteh member 12 which is thus employed to drive the sleeve 42 is turned one and one-half times by the time the support 30 has turned a half of a revolution and is turned a half of a revolution during, approximately, the last onesixth of the revolution of said support 30, all as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Sealing element winding mechanism The sleeve 42 is provided for winding a strand of string or wire 13 about the skirts of bottle caps. The string is directed upon the skirts by being passed through a nozzle 14 which is carried upon the portion 42 of sleeve 42. The discharge end of the nozzle is located sufiiciently away from the axis of the plunger stem 42 as to enable the nozzle, in being revolved around the bottle cap, to suitably apply the strand 13' to the skirt thereof. Each chuck 31, which is individual to each table section 9, has a string winding mechanism individual thereto. Each string winding-mechanism has a reel or spoolof the strands material 15 which is journaled upon the upright shaft or support 16 that is coaxial with the shaft 52, the shaft 15 being secured to the upper end of a'yoke 11 whose lower end is secured to the shaft 52 whereby the two shafts turn together with the sleeve 42. A spring 18 abuts against a washer 19 which is positioned by a nut .89 screwed upon the upper end of the corresponding shaft 19. The lower end of said spring 18 presses down upon the disc, 81 that bears against the upper side of the reel 15 to hold the lower side of the reel against the flange 82 of the yoke 11. The reel is thus prevented from turning with respect to the shafts l6 and '52 any faster than it is so turned by the string [3 being? I 86, is passed through the upright guide-tube 86 which is fixed with respect to the sleeve 42 and which passes through this sleeve and the shaft 52. Said tube is disposed alongside of the axis of rotation of said sleeve and is located between this axis and the nozzle 14. The string, after issuing from the lower end of the tube, passes over the idler pulley 8'! which is journaled upon the sleeve 62. The string, after having passed through the pulley 87, passes over the guiding lug 88 carried by the nozzle 14, this lug directing the string through the nozzle outlet opening 89. The string, where it is about to enter the nozzle end 89, is pressed against a side of the nozzle by the block 90 which in turn, is pressed upon by the leaf spring 9!.

By mechanism to be presently described, the leading end portionof the string which has passed through the nozzle, is clamped between the members 92 and 93 which'constitute an anchorage for this leading end of the string in order that the 75 Cal the time that the members 59', '59 interact to' separate the clutch membersv I and 12. The clamping member-s93 is stationary, beingdesirablypart of the stationary tapering guide 38. The clamping member 92 is upon one end of a lever 9! which is intermediately journaled upon a shaft 98 that is itself journaled in bearings 99, I00 carried by the brackets 41 and 39 respectively. An arm IOI is fixed upon the shaft 98. The stem of a bolt I02 passes through the lever 91' and the arm IOI and is surrounded by a spring I93. This spring has one end in engagement with a washerl04 "which is adjustable in position by a nut screwed upon the stem of the bolt. The other end of the spring engages the arm IOI and presses the head of the bolt against the lever 91. The spring, whenpcrmitted to function, operates through. the bolt, lever and arm to apply the clamping member 92 to the spring. One end of a lever arm I05 is secured to'the top end of the shaft 98 and carries a cam' roller I06 at its other end. This cam roller enters a cam slot I01 formed in a normally stationary cam I08 which is 1 carried ,by the upper end of the nonrotating sleeve 59?. This cam slot is so shaped. that the clamping member 92 will be applied just as soon' as the cycle of operations is initiated and will remain applied until after the overlapping string ends are waxed or cemented together and the cement or wax is hardened. The string is severed, atthe nozzle, just before the clamping member 92 is released, which release occurs upon the arrival of the cam roller I06 at a suitably shaped portion of the camslot I01 as indicated in Fig. 4. When the nozzle has been turned one and a half times about the bottle neck,'- the cementing or waxing device is;brought into oper ation, as will later appear.

The gearing for turning the clutch member I2 which turns the sleeve 42 through the intermediation of the clutchmembers 10' and I2, as hitherto described, is inclusive of aspiral gear, I99 fixed upon and coaxial with the clutch member 12, a spiral gear H9 meshing with the gear I09 and fixcd'upo'n a shaft I which is journaled at its ends in the bracket 4I that bodily rotates with the support 30 carrying it, and the stationary segmental spiral rack II2 which is coaxial with the shaft "5- and which is carried by the normally stationary gear carrier 59*. A space intervenes between the entering end of the rack I I2 and the gear 0 at the commencement of the cycle of operations so that-there will be no rotation of the nozzle" while the bottle is being elevated. The gear I I0 is positively held from rota- 'tioh until it enters intoniesh with the rack- II2 by means of the stationary feather II3 which passes through a radial slot in said gear. Pre-' viously to the meshing of the gear IIO with the rack II2, the clutch members I0 and I2 were engaged by the action or 'theelevated bottle. If

' there happens to be no bottle in place upon a particular table section 9,-th'e clutch members I0 and 12 will not be coupled so 'thatthere will be.

I of the ceme structure H4 is interposed between the clutch member 12' and the support 30, another thrust ball bearing structure I I5 is interposed between the support 30 and the enlargement 42" of the sleeve 42, and a third thrust ball bearing structure I I6 is interposed between the sleeve enlargement 42' and the top of the chuck 31. The ball bearing structure II6 prevents the rotating sleeve Cement applying mechanism I will first describe the mechanism that is employed to direct the flow of metal cement upon the wire after it has been applied to'a bottle cap and the means by which the wire cement is prepared for its application to the wire. The metal cementing substance is received in a pot I I9 which is heated by electrical resistance units I in close proximity in the pot, as illustrated most clearly in Figs. 12 and 19. The pot is carried by the yoke I2I, being positioned upon this yoke by the upright rods I22 on the yoke that pass through eyes I23 formed upon the pot. The

yoke I2I is carried by the clamps I2I'- which are clamped upon two of the rods I 6 in order that the height of the potmay be suited to the level of the bottles being operated upon. The pot carries two nozzles I24 and I25 which are positioned to direct the heated sealing cement upon the wire I3 where this wire crosses, the nozzle I24 supplying aportion of the total sealing cement that is to be applied to the wire and the nozzle I25 supplying the remainder of the sealing cement that is to be applied to the wire, the prefered form of product. being illustrated in Figs. 24 and 25. The nozzles are in the form of sleeves having inturned discharge ends where the nozzle fice in a somewhat solid stream, instead of in a spray.' The flow of the melted or fluid cement through the orifices is promoted and directed by the truncated conical or tapering portions upon the front ends of the plugs, one of these conical portions I29 being shown in full lines in Figs. 13,14, 16 and i7 and theother conical portion I30 being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 14. The

"nozzle orifices I24', I25 are of narrow elongated form and the nozzle, sleeves I24, I25 are mounted in such relatively adjusted positions, in viewbf the distance the cement must travel between the nozzles and a ottle and in view of the tendencyv to whirl or rotate during such travel, that the cement will be applied to the wire in the form of an oval whose major axis is in the plane ofthe wire, this result being-furthered by the cooperation of the truncated conical portions I29 and I30 as thev are related to the nozzle orifices. The cement pot I I9 has a revolving bottom I3I. coaxia1 with the pot. This bottom is fixed upon the turns with an upright shaft I32 which is journallecl upon bearings I33 carried by the bracket I34 which, in turn, is carried by the yoke I2I. The shaft I32 carries a collar I35 which is pressed upwardly by a spring I36 which surrounds the shaft, the lower end of this spring being bottomed upon the lower one of the two bearings I33. The spring thus serves automatically to compensate for any wear upon the top of the bottom of thepot. The bracket I34 and yoke I2I have tongue and groove engagement whereby the tension of the spring may be adjusted. A ratchet wheel I31 is fixed upon and is coaxial with the pot bottom I3I The upper surface of the pot bottom is formed with radial grooves in the form of pockets I38, there being asmany such pockets I 38 as there are teeth upon the ratchet Wheel I31. These pockets are normally uncovered so as to receive cement from the pot. Two of the pockets are, at a time, covered by the closures I39 formed upon the interior of the pot and; when any two pockets are thus covered, they communicate at their outer ends with the outlets I40 in the pot,

which outlets are in communication with the spiral grooves I28 in the aforesaid plugs I21.' The inner ends of the pockets that are covered by the closures I39 are in communication with the air passages I4I and I42 to which air is supplied under pressure from the pipes I43 and I44 that con- I44 directing the remainder of the cement that is to be applied upon the wire.. After the two pockets that are covered by the closures I39 are thus emptied, the ratchet wheel I31 is turned another step, in the next cycle of operations, to replace the two filled pockets in their association with the nozzles and the air pipes.

The preferred form of mechanism for operat-.

ing the ratchet wheel and for regulating the flow of air through the pipes I43, I44 will now be de scribed. This mechanism includes a master cam I46 which serves to operate the mechanism, this master cam being provided upon the yoke 68, vertically movable in the manner hitherto described, whereby it is lowered to an operative position if there is a corresponding bottle in place and is held raised from this operative position if there is no corresponding bottle in place so that, in the latter event, no cement will be blownduring the complete revolution of the support 30. that occurs during the operation cycle pertaining to such revolution which is rendered incomplete due to the absence of the bottle. When the yoke 68 has been lowered as a consequence of the pres-.

ence of a bottle on the table section 9 beneath it, the master cam I46 is lowered into the zone of the cam rollers I41 and I48 upon the lever I49 after appear, when the master cam I46 engages the cam rollers I41, it turns the lever I49 clockwise to turn the ratchet wheel I31 a tooth space and to admit cement ejecting air to the pipe I43.

' as illustrated in Fig. 12. When the parts are be- When the master cam I46 operates upon the cam roller I48, the lever I49 is turned counter-clockwise to admit cement ejecting air to the pipe I44,

the ratchet wheel I31 then being held stationary by the action of the spring I36. 5

The end of the lever I49 which is adjacent the cam roller I48 is connected by means of a link I54 with one end of the lever arm I55 whose other end is secured to the shaft I56 which is journaled in the bearing I51 formed upon bracket I52 and the bearing I58 upon the support I59 which also carries the cement pot II9, this pot being bolted to the support by the bolts I60. The support I59 is also secured to the rods I22 by means of the set bolts I6I. Another lever arm I62 is also fixed upon the shaft I 56. As the gear H0 is about leaving the rack I I2, the cam I46 is brought into engagement with the roller I41 to place the parts in the position shown by full lines in Fig. 11 and ing placed in this position, the lever I62 is turned in a clockwise direction whereby the rod I63, which is pivotally connected to an extension I62 of the lever I62, is pulled upon to draw the flange I64 upon said rod I63 against one end of the spring I65 whose other end is bottomed upon the arm I66 that is integrally formed with a bell crank lever -I 61 which is journaled at its elbow upon the shaft I56. The lever I61 is thus moved through the intermediation of the spring I65, in a clockwise direction, whereby the actuating pawl I68 operates upon the ratchet wheel I31 to move this wheel a tooth space whereby the cement receiving pockets I38 that were emptied upon the previous cycle of operations are moved from their connections with nozzles I24, I25 and the pipes I43 and I44 and whereby the succeeding pockets, which are filled with hot metallic cement, are placed in connection with said nozzles and pipes in -substitution for the emptied pockets. The pawl is held in engagement with the ratchet wheel by the spring I69 which is connected at one end with the pawl and at the other end with lever I61. The bell crank lever I61 should be limited to a normally fixed range of arcuate movement in order that the ratchet wheel may be turned exactly one tooth space each time it is operated by the pawl so that the cement holding pockets that are newly brought into connection with the nozzles and the pipes are accurately positioned.

To this end, the lever I61 is provided with an abutment post I10 which engages the fixed abutment I1I'upon the support I58. The post I10 is desirably in the form of a bolt in order that it may be adjusted. After the ratchet wheel I31 55 has thus been turned to a new position, the lever I62 continues its clockwise movement,'being.per-

-'mitted so to do by means of the spring I65which thus constitutes a yielding coupling between the levers I62 and I61. Following the positioning of the ratchet wheel to its new position for the purpose stated, avalve I 12 is opened, this valve being included in the pipe I43 that supplies cement ejecting air under pressure from the tank- I45 to the cement holding pocket that is in communication with the nozzle I24. This valve is inclusive of a spring I13 which constrains the valve to a closed position and the stem I14 which is engageable by a post I15 carried by the outer end. of the lever arm I62. valve is opened after the ratchet wheel has been moved to its new position, the engagement of the post I15 with the valve, stem I14 occurring after this turning movement of said wheel. During the initial portion of the engagement of the gear As hitherto stated, the 

